ZDNetGovWeek: A great Great Debate, Vint Cerf speaks, half of India hit with malware, and still some NSA

This is a great week for ZDNetGovWeek. Violet Blue and David Gewirtz went head-to-head on the freedom vs. security debate, moderated by Zack Whittaker. That, plus all the gov news that's fit to blog, worldwide, this week in ZDNetGovWeek.

ZDNet's worldwide team provides global 24/7 technology news and analysis. In addition to my own coverage analysis here in the ZDNet Government column and on ZDNet's DIY-IT, every week I'll bring you a selection of the best government-related articles posted by our intrepid reporters and analysts. Here are some of the most interesting from the last week.

The Great Debate

Do democracies really need to spy on their citizens?This was the hot debate of the month, with Violet Blue on one side, me on the other side, and Zack Whittaker moderating. It's a very useful read and I invite you to not only read out opening statements, rebuttals, and closing, but all the comments as well.

Android malware samples jump six-fold in Q2 Malware samples which consist mostly of mobile spyware rocketed to over 120,000 last month within three months. The OS's application signing shows further weakness, according to Alcatel-Lucent's Kindsight Security Labs study.

Qld govt IT outsourcing good for industry: Walker Queensland IT minister Ian Walker has refused to say how many jobs will go as part of the government's shift to outsourcing IT services, but has said that it will boost the private IT sector in Queensland.

Cybercrime can cost economy up to $500B Cybercrimes may cost the global economy US$100 billion to US$500 billion, and over 500,000 jobs in the U.S., due to various factors such as reputation damage, consumer losses, and service disruption costs.

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